Head to head

Destiny 2 vs Runes of Magic

Destiny 2

Live

80k – 280k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

510 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

80k – 280k

510 – 2k

Estimated players

598.9k0.2%

1.9k1.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Stadia

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Destiny 2Runes of Magic

Destiny 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~598.8k	Up 1.0%
October 2026	~593.2k	Up 1.0%
September 2026	~587.4k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~593k	Down 1.2%
July 2026	~600.1k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~1.8k	Up 1.8%
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 4.7%
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Destiny 2: 31.9kUp 3.2%
Runes of Magic: 61Down 61%

Destiny 2 currently has about 523× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 31,881 vs 61.

Discord members

Destiny 2: 171.5kDown 0.2%
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.6%

Destiny 2 currently has about 45× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 171,545 vs 3,831.

Reddit members

Destiny 2: 3.4m
Runes of Magic: 659Up 2.2%

Destiny 2 currently has about 5131× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 3,381,262 vs 659.

Twitch viewers

Destiny 2: 2.2kDown 33%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

Destiny 2 currently has 2,177 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Destiny 2: 1.2m
Runes of Magic: 4.9kUp 0.2%

Destiny 2 currently has about 249× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 1,210,000 vs 4,860.

How these estimates are made

Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is estimated to have 80k – 280k players a day. Around 7m – 18m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 510 – 2k players a day. Around 41k – 110k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.